racing the cops?

[nametakennow]

GodDrivesA240sx was obviously exagerating about the coke in the delorean, nothing personal :peace

I knew that.. It's just so obsurd to think that someone would bother to come up with that. I won't take it personally.

[GodDrivesA240sx]

I knew that.. It's just so obsurd to think that someone would bother to come up with that. I won't take it personally.

Hey captian obvious, the point was he had a s*** of coke in the car. :rolleyez

[FrEaK]

Hey Princess Suckanut: Where the hell are my pants...

[Zebrahead]

It's not impossible, I've been with a friend who'se done it. I have some clever freinds. One was caught in a speed trap in a neighborhood at about 50. The cop was a little slow to pull out, so my buddy took a turn, and slammed on teh brakes, and pulled into a driveway and used teh ebrake so his tails wouldn't light up. (yes, it was nighttime, lol.).

It worked. I soiled myself nevertheless.

Nick.

[SpeeDDrifT]

it can be done....but it has to be short and sweet....if you can't be gone and off the roads and out of site within ...say 3 minutes of less your done.. basically if you fly by a cop and pretend you didn't see them and then keep up the speed and disappear ..most cops are gonna be like "damn, i don't know where he went, oh well." (there's plenty of others to catch) UNLESS of course the cop is hard up for a chase or he thinks for some reason you are more than just a moving violation(running for a bank robbery type of thing).i've lost 3 cops....all late at night...one was an illegal U-turn...saw the cop making a u-turn after me and gased it...flew thru a residential area...was off the road with-in 1 minute.(friend's house was in the area). another i drifted thru a stop sign.....cop was in a parking lot with no easy access to the road i was on. he flipped on his lights, i acted like i didn't see him and continued driving ...out the road with in 2 minutes....and last was at the drag races.....my friend was driving ...one cop rolled up at the end of our race....lighted up the other guy pulled over behind us but my friend just pulled over and kept rolling....the cop pulled behind the guy the pulled over and got out of his car...my friend just keep on rolling (another 50 feet) til be got around the corner ....he gassed it and we hid in a parking lot for like an hour. so not really like any of them we chases and i won't reccomend it....that was when i was young and reckless....heheh.

[SpeeDDrifT]

border patrol down in cali were sitting on the road one nite, when suddenly they heard a loud high pitched scream fly by them, and 220 mph flashed on their radar scope. the next nite it happened again, and same the nite after that. so they decided to set a road block down the road and that same nite the same thing flew by, well they finally caught whatever it was at the road block...some dewd in a tricked out lamborghini diablo wearing night vision goggles!

yeah i remember that story except i heard it was running from vegas to frisco or something like that.....and homeboy was rolling a diablo with no lights with night vision googles running drugs. so they threw out the spike strips (desert highway late night) and dude wrecked hard....died....etc etc...im sure there is some truth behind the story but im sure it's be exaggerated etc.

[Bubba]

Lamborghini Diablo 220 mph with nightvision. I have a bridge for sale too if you believe that crap. That's right out of that lame movie Canonball Run, except it was a Subaru. If any of you read this month's Automobile, there's an article about Gumball 3000, which is another bunch of idiots in sportscars racing cross-country. Sure their cars could outrun police cruisers in a drag race, but they also accumulated tickets out the wazoo. Those morons could also afford to get caught, pay the fines, and insurance surcharges.

[mattback]

i have been cruising at about 100 many a time when i fly by a side of the road FHP...

low boost --> high boost on avc-r

5th gear --> 4th gear

100mph - 163 mph

keep this up for a bout 2 minutes and trust me

temperature gauge is up therecop is way back thereyou get off without a scratch

[neurovish]

you also must keep in mind that you are starting at 100mph, the cop is starting at 0.

if you both floor it at the same time, you'll probably be bouncing your rev limiter (if you have one) before he hits 60. All this time you're still pulling on him, and by the time he's got his car maxed out (assuming it's not a special pursuit vehicle...in FL, the FHP has some cameros to throw at you) he might be doing 10mph more than you if that.

Actual figures will vary, but the end result is the cop taking about 10 minutes to catch up to you, if he even does. In this situation (no radio, helicopters, pursuit vehicle) you'd probably win.

[APEXi240]

You guys talk about police cruisers like they are fast. A Crown Vic has a Mustang engine in it, and its automatic. I'm not sure what the Impalas have in them, but when they first put them out they only came in a V6. A built 240 can take one easily. I've seen Integras run and get away from cops. This is in a very urban area though. It is definitly possible to run cops and beat them.

I say if you can kill Camaros, and Mustangs, you can run from cop cars, it is a bad idea though, unless you KNOW you can get away (because of helicopters, road blocks, spike strips, ect.)

On cops once there was a guy running in a 280zxt, he was doing good too, but the engine blew or something like that, I forget. When the cop was walking him back to the police car (after a foot chase) he was like "You were driving pretty good, but you missed 4th up there didn't you" I just thought it was so funny, like talking to the criminal about driving.

[FrEaK]

I've seen a turbo awd talon running from police... and the guy was raping them.. till the 5.0 mustang chase car caught up... the guy ended up blowing his engine, and getting caught...

[Zebrahead]

Or he could have pulled over, payed the $200 ticket, would have had a car, and his freedom. Stupid stupid people.

Nick.

[APEXi240]

Not all people run from tickets, mostly by me when kids are running from cops its because they are in a stolen car, or have large amounts of drugs on them.

[Tino]

heey fizzynat what part of boston

[ST240]

BTW Getaway in stockholm was not staged.

[slw240sx]

personaly has anyone ever drove with night vision gogles on? let me tell you what. when its completely dark out an your flying , an around from a turn comes a car with HID or their brights on itll damn near blind you, not to mention the glare you get from the windshield can be blinding an the dash light also pick alot of light up so you got a dim them out

[Atom12]

it can be done....but it has to be short and sweet....if you can't be gone and off the roads and out of site within ...say 3 minutes of less your done.. basically if you fly by a cop and pretend you didn't see them and then keep up the speed and disappear ..most cops are gonna be like "damn, i don't know where he went, oh well." (there's plenty of others to catch) UNLESS of course the cop is hard up for a chase or he thinks for some reason you are more than just a moving violation(running for a bank robbery type of thing).i've lost 3 cops....all late at night...one was an illegal U-turn...saw the cop making a u-turn after me and gased it...flew thru a residential area...was off the road with-in 1 minute.(friend's house was in the area). another i drifted thru a stop sign.....cop was in a parking lot with no easy access to the road i was on. he flipped on his lights, i acted like i didn't see him and continued driving ...out the road with in 2 minutes....and last was at the drag races.....my friend was driving ...one cop rolled up at the end of our race....lighted up the other guy pulled over behind us but my friend just pulled over and kept rolling....the cop pulled behind the guy the pulled over and got out of his car...my friend just keep on rolling (another 50 feet) til be got around the corner ....he gassed it and we hid in a parking lot for like an hour. so not really like any of them we chases and i won't reccomend it....that was when i was young and reckless....heheh.

Agreed, if you can get yourself off the road quickly, you're in business. Don't kill anybody though guys. I mean I'd rather go through all the legal hassle of an evasion charge, than have to live with killing someone.

[Drifter240]

Um, yeah. Run and you'll lose. It's just that simple. Those supercharged CrownVics are nothing to laugh at. Also, don't forget that cop cars are TUNED specifically for pursuits. ESPECIALLY state troopers. As for training, let's just say that even the worst drivers among cops are probably better than any of us. Sad, but true. Yes, you could get lucky, but like MikeS14240sx said, pray that you have an exit from the highway near, and lots of blind turns to follow. Another lucky break could come if they discontinue the pursuit due to speeds over 120.(common practice here in PA) I'd love to try to run sometime, just for arguments sake, but the consequences aren't worth it.

[ninjak84]

KCar: wow, what a load of sh*t. maybe in your town of 281 people thats what law enforcement is, but when you meet the real world you'll find its a bit different.unfortunately, your theory is dead wrong. a smile and a tip of the hat almost never work. lets just try to NOT break the law, shall we?

[fiznat]

haha! my post ressurected! nice!!

lets just try to NOT break the law, shall we?

Are you serious though? You're on the Silvia forum here! Each and every one of us either already has broken the law or wants to desperatly!** Its just a matter of not getting caught at this point, and the most effective methods of doing so..

LOL doesnt seem running is always the best option... Keep that in mind kids!

**with illegal engine swaps/mods/speeding whatever... dont tell me you dont!

also I didnt see this before, so Ill respond now -- maybe you'll still see it, tino:

heey fizzynat what part of boston

I live right on the Green B line at Packard's Corner... Its actually like 2 blocks outta boston in Allston. Yeah for Allston! Where you at?

[slw240sx]

canadian honey.... LMAO your to much K car... and yes as unfortunate as it is those guys train for high speed chases... but they aint so great when your chasing them !!!! i know ive done it, and boy did i pay for it later !!!!!

[1sicFrankenstein240]

well from what i have learned about crown vics, is that the base model crown vics max out at 116, and that teh P71 (cop edition) crown vics, are speed limited to 129 or 139 ( i forget), the rear end has a 3.27 gearing, but some of the earlier models had a 3.55 rear gearing, and that gave a higher top speed, but the acceleration factor suffered a little bit, the crown vic has a 4.6 DOHC engine(from the mustang) that produces in the neighborhood of 225-250hp, but the brand new cop cars will have the 300hp mercury marauder, and they are working on removing the speed limiter than is programed into the computer, and as a side note, for cop having "calibrated" speedometers, tehy are actually only acurrate to 2-3% of the actual speed, so if you really wanted to fight it in court, you could bring up that info. the crown vic is built for in town rapid acceleration/deceleration, but not for long distance pursuits, and did you know on the old LT1 caprice engines, they have a hose that circulated engine coolant from the engine, all the time, instead of waiting for the thermostat to open, and on both the caprice classics, and crown vics, there is a little feature that turns off the A/C compressor when the throttle is open more than 75% ,and that both the caprice classic and crown vic, have the option of a aluminum driveshaft, instead of the steel driveshaft that comes on teh civilan models.

and if i remember correctly, at least with the FL camaros, they produce little over 500hp, and they are supercharged, and they are the ones that are really built for highspeed pursuits

hehe, dont ask why i know so much about cop cars, maybe i use it to my advantage

[SpeeDDrifT]

well i think running from the cops is pretty damn stupid. i've grown quite a bit since the stories i mentioned in my previous post.nowadays, i kiss the officer's ***, hope he cuts me some slack, go to court, plead no contest and hope the judge cuts me a little more slack....accept the consequences. doesn't make sense to run from the cops. as Lost said they've got radios and most importantly guns. they are also human and just like us fueled by adrenaline. running from cops at high speeds....that really don't know why you are running or if you are a threat to their lives.....throw all that in the mix and running from a puny ticket....could be deadly.

like i said, take the ticket......stay out of jail....keep your life.

[TrueSlide]

like i said, take the ticket......stay out of jail....keep your life.

And the lives of others, you never know what someone else might do, they could accidently pull out in front of you, and bamm accident a family dead. Not to mention probley you wont have full concatration on the road due to you focusing on the cops actions.

But IMO, if them rinky dink cavaliars, pintos and whatever can outrun the cops, like you see on tv, then a 240 should have no problem out handeling one. But dont try it

[jemil118]

My brother-in-law ran from the cops once...we were going through the back secition of town(yes I live in a town) We were doing about 90 real late at night on a wide open stretch of road(speed limit was 30) anyway a cop pulls out behind us and puts on his lights. My brother-in-law says,"Hold on" He immediately takes a turn out into the country, going as fast as possible. With the cop still away behind us, he again turns down a gravel road, which he again flys down...Luckily the cop followed us You see, when you go down a gravel road, it kicks up a humongous cloud of white dust and at night you can only see about ten feet in front of you!! The cop behind us couldn't see us... Anyway there was a bend in the road ahead, which my brother-in-law happily drifted through. He then proceeded to stop, look back and say,"watch" I looked back and we see the cop go flying past us into the pasture!!! We both busted out laughing!! We could tell he was allright, so we headed home...It was so funny!!!And nuts...I woud've never done anything like that!!!

Ohh and the Camaro police cruisers are only Z28's with some suspension upgrades...I saw Car and Driver do a special on them on their TV showAnd think about it...If a police car had 500 hp, think about the type of gas mileage they would get, I seriously doubt they get that high...

[SpeeDDrifT]

i'm almost positive i saw that exact same story.....in a movie.

[jemil118]

I can't believe there is someone else in here at this early in the morning...I just got off work....oops I became a whore

[GatorS14]

well here is my get-away story:

i was 15 driving my girlfriend home(about 6 miles from my house) in my moms 1996 monte carlo. there is this straight away(speed limit 45) between mine and her house, and i was like i wanna get on it.So as i was turning right onto the straightaway i floored it.i was going about 80 when i seen a car coming over a little hill in the straightaway,and for a second i thought "cop",but iwas like nah because one of the headlights were out so i keep it to the floor.as i passed the car the big reflective sheriff logo lit up.and when i looked in my rearview i seen him hit his lights and a u-turn.i didnt have a license,so i kept it to the floor and hit about 120 with him a pretty good distance back.i slowed down to like 65 and pulled a 90degree turn into my girl's neighborhood. and pulled to the side of her house and jumped out(damn always running lights). i looked around the side of the house to see the cop fly by with his lights on. man i was pumped!

well that was my story,if it doesnt sound exciting to ya'll ,i was 15 and my adrenaline was straight flowing at the time it happen

[nnkfws333]

I lost a cop and I swear I would never do it again. It actually was by luck but man that adrenaline rush was pretty intense. I was working on my brakes and decided to do a test spin. It was around 8ish and was already dark outside. I pulled out of my neighborhood and went for about a mile and did a U-turn. I accidently cut off this Infiniti G20 and he came next to me and then revved. So I dropped it in 2nd and floored it and we raced till about 90mph and I was a few cars ahead of him and I noticed he was slowing down so then all of a sudden a cop on the side of the road flashes his lights and I flew right by him. Well I was a good 1/8 of a mile away from my house so I said screw it Im going for it cause my neighborhood is gated and he can't get in. So in my rear view mirror, I saw him pull onto the road and his lights were flashing. I was going about 105 and just reached my neighborhood and took a sharp left turn cause there were cars coming in the opposite direction. I pushed open the gates and floored it into my neighborhood and saw the gates closing. I got lucky cause when I took that left turn, there were mad cars coming so he couldn't of took that left turn and if he did the gates were already closed. In addition to that, it was at night and he couldn't get my tag. So I just drove into my garage and closed it and didn't even go out that night cause I figured he would of been waiting. I wouldn't say I beat him or outraced him but just got lucky.....That was the luckiest day of my life. Actually it was pretty stupid but hey we all make mistakes

[Ceptos]

a cop car isnt that fast, they weight 4000 pounds plus there equipment, and they are automatic. but they have a radiator that will never overheat, so they can run as long as their gas tank will let them. i have seen a corvette cop car once, a mustang a few times.